Details
A DEHUA BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF GUANYIN
18TH CENTURY
Modeled seated in the position of 'royal ease', with a ruyi sceptre cradled in her right arm, the layered robes falling in graceful folds around the body, the hair dressed in long tresses trailing from beneath the cowl, indecipherable impressed gourd and square seal marks to back, finger chipped--8½in. (21.7cm.) high
18TH CENTURY
Modeled seated in the position of 'royal ease', with a ruyi sceptre cradled in her right arm, the layered robes falling in graceful folds around the body, the hair dressed in long tresses trailing from beneath the cowl, indecipherable impressed gourd and square seal marks to back, finger chipped--8½in. (21.7cm.) high
Provenance
Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, sold in these rooms March 22, 1991, lot 598